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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like Black Thought is a name that has so much meaning and depth, not only to me but to my fans, that it's something that I wanted to hold onto a little bit tighter.
- Corrected
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- Nov 07, 2020
Something that is funny, that I use sometimes if I'm doing comedy, is the fact that I'm now often mistaken for the rapper Rick Ross. And I don't know that I've ever corrected anyone - like I've never said, 'No no, I'm not Rick Ross, I'm Black Thought from The Roots.'
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was coming up, a freestyle wasn't a freestyle unless everything was completely improvised, in-the-moment and right there, and you had to incorporate various elements of what was going on in the room on the day.
- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, I'm no superhero.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are some millennial artists that I totally get and understand, and I know what they're talking about. People who I've worked with and who I'd like to work with. But there's a whole element of artists that I can't explain what they're talking about.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lots of people are saying that I shut down mumble rap in one 10-minute setting. But that wasn't my intention, because mumble rap - if we go back - that's something I invented.
- Muslim
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised as a Muslim.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made the mistake of going to a barber who was not from Philly, and let's just say, I would never do that again.
- Mount
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Mount Airy, a middle-class enclave in the Northwestern area of Philadelphia.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most profound memory I have from my childhood is burning down my house at 6 years old.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Roots brand is like the Lipton of hip-hop, so to speak.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in great company and some may say that the underexposure has added to my allure and the staying power of me as a MC and The Roots as a band.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of my favorites are the classics like 'What They Do,' 'Proceed,' 'You Got Me,' and 'Silent Treatment.'
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nah, I don't feel overlooked, underappreciated, or none of that because it's a short list of artists, past and present, that I kind of have respect for. And in all of those situations, the admiration and respect is mutual.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the true artist - musician, dancer, writer, actor - a true artist is able to sort of articulate pain and tragedy, in a way that sort of expresses what the listener or the beholder may have been feeling but was less able to communicate.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I've been around for such a long time, as a writer and as an artist, that I need to sort of speak to the way that my perception of the world has sort of changed.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a family to take care of and kids to feed. That's my motivation, this is my job.
- Nov 07, 2020